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“Now is no time to think of what you do not have. Think of what you can do with what there is.” — Ernest Hemingway, The Old Man and the Sea Have you ever seen one of those hanging wooden signs that say “Life’s Better at the Beach”? Well, for our family it’s kind of […]
The day I moved Mom into Assisted Living is still with me. It’s a scratch and sniff polaroid of a memory pinned to my forehead. Unlike other memories because of how holistically vivid it is. I remember every look, sound, and smell as if it were all happening in slow motion. Too Vivid Mom’s […]
If I were to write a letter to myself before caregiving, here's what I'd write. Dear Matt, You can do this. The caregiving road you’re about to walk will be at once the scariest, saddest, most stressful, and most beautiful journey you’ll ever make. But you can do this. I know it seems …
This was the day I officially became Mom's caregiver. The alarm woke me at 5:30. Outside, it was cold, dark and quiet, a typical mid-October morning. As quickly and quietly as I could, I hit the shower, grabbed some breakfast and got on the road. It was a Wednesday morning, but I wasn’t going to …
This is the truth of my caregiver burnout. Hard to recognize, harder to solve, and impossible to run from. It is frightening, lonesome, ugly and all mine. The world around me continues to move along but I am defeated. Mentally and physically defeated, unable to muster the required effort to …
The day I moved Mom into Assisted Living is still with me. It’s a scratch and sniff polaroid of a memory pinned to my forehead. Unlike other memories because of how holistically vivid it is. I remember every look, sound, and smell as if it were all happening in slow motion. Too Vivid Mom’s …
